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whitewash
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of WHITEWASH
1
to dismiss as of little importance <refused to whitewash the governor's chronic disregard for the truth>
Synonyms blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)
2
to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses <don't try to whitewash your rudeness by claiming that you were having a bad day>
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